Humanoid robots ran a half-marathon against humans for the first time on Saturday in Beijing. The race highlighted how far humanoid robots have advanced, and how far they still have to go.

The world’s first half-marathon with humanoid robot participants in Beijing has offered a striking glimpse into the progress and challenges of the country’s robotics industry, as only six out ...

The winning humanoid ... humanoid robots. If the aim is to demonstrate useful real-world applications for humanoid technology, perhaps the organizers should consider a house-cleaning or laundry ...

Twenty-one humanoid robots raced against humans for the first time ever in the Yizhuang half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday. Some of them didn’t fare very well. The rules for the humanoid robots to ...

Humans raced against humanoid robots for the first time in a half-marathon in Beijing, China on Saturday. Even though humanoid robots have made appearances in marathons across China over the past year ...

BEIJING, China—On April 19, 2025, twenty-one humanoid robots raced alongside 12,000 human runners for the first time during the Yizhuang Half-Marathon in Beijing. Robots from companies like DroidUP ...

BEIJING (AP) — In one small step for robot-kind — thousands of them, really — humanoid robots ran alongside actual humans in a half-marathon in the Chinese capital on Saturday. The bipedal robots of ...